RMA/BFE Student Conference 2026 – Draft Schedule Overview
TUESDAY 6th JANUARY 2026
09:30–10:30 Arrival & Registration, with coffee/ tea provided
RBC Reception
10:30–10:50 Welcome & Announcements
Bradshaw Hall
11:00–12:30 Session A1
Improvisation Room 1
Session A7
Creative Practice 1 The Lab
12:30–14:00
9:45–10:15 Training Session: ‘Chairing Sessions’ Room 1
Conference Session A
Session A8 Lecture Recital 1
[13.15-14.00] Lunch Navigating neurodivergence as music researchers: a supportive space
Professional Development Sessions
14:00–14:45
Professional Development Session I: Publishing
Insights from music editors at leading international academic publishers
Bradshaw Hall
14:45–15:30
15:30–16:00 Coffee/Tea Break
RMA/BFE Student Conference 2026 – Draft Schedule Overview
Professional Development Session II: EDI session – Disability and Access
Bradshaw Hall
Conference Session B
16:00–17:00 Session B1
Music & Emotions Room 1 Session B2 Music & the Domestic Room 2 Session B3 Music & Wellbeing Room 3 Session B4 Score Interpretation Room 4 Session B5 Music Therapy Room 5
Session B7
Creative Practice 2
The Lab
17:00–17.15 Break
17.15–18.30 Keynote by Giles Masters: Winner of Jerome Roche Prize Chair: tbc
Bradshaw Hall
Session B6 Technological perspectives Room 6
Session B8
Lecture Recital 2: Recital Hall
18.30–19:15 Collective activity (with RBC Learning and Participation team)
Bradshaw Hall
19.30–20.30 Drinks Reception Gallery (next to Bradshaw Hall)
RMA/BFE Student Conference 2026 – Draft Schedule Overview
WEDNESDAY 7th JANUARY 2026
Conference Session C
09:00–10:30 Session C1
Music & Spirituality Room 1 Session C2 Piano performance Room 2
Session C7
Creative Practice Lecture Recitals
Jazz Club
10:30–11:00 Coffee/Tea Break
Session C3 Transnational Encounters Room 3
Session C4
Early Music & Meaning Room 4
Session C8
Lecture Recital 3 Recital Hall
Session C5 Approaches to composition Room 5
Session C6 Music and Christianity Room 6
11:00–11:45
Iteration 1
11:45–12:30
Iteration 2
12:30–14:00 Lunch
Parallel Professional Development Sessions
Careers in Academia Recital Hall Careers outside of Academia Room 1 Resilience in Academia Room 2
Careers in Academia Recital Hall Careers outside of Academia Room 1 Resilience in Academia Room 2
13:00–14:00 Poster Session (facilitated by authors)
14:00–15:00 Session D1
Compositional Strategies
Room 1
Session D7
Creative Practice
The Lab Hall
15:00–15:15 Short Break
RMA/BFE Student Conference 2026 – Draft Schedule Overview
Session D2
Compositional Practice Room 2
Conference Session D
Session D3
Music & Materiality Room 3
15:15–16:15 Session E1
Music & Text
Room 1
Session E2 Vocal Practice Room 2
Session D4
Music & Inclusivity Room 4
Session D5
Music Circulation & Curation
Room 5
Session D8
Communication and heritage Jazz Club
Conference Session E
Session E3
Music & Embodiment Room 3
Session E7
Creative Practice
The Lab
16:15–16:45 Tea/Coffee Break
16:45–18:00 Keynote by Timothy Cooper: Recipient of Tippett Medal
With Lucia Capellaro (cello) Chair: tbc
Bradshaw Hall
Session D6
Politics and Musical Identities 1 Room 6
Session E4
Music Analysis 1 Room 4
Session E5 Perspectives on Notation Room 5
Session E8
Lecture Recital 4 Recital Hall
Session E6
Music and Liturgy Room 6
RMA/BFE Student Conference 2026 – Draft Schedule Overview
18:00–19:15 Taster sessions: 4–6x30 min, parallel
Including:
I. Painting sound in The Lab
II. Historical Instruments Collection
+ others to be confirmed
19:15–20:30 Informal evening performance/social activities
Various, tbc
RMA/BFE Student Conference 2026 – Draft Schedule Overview
THURSDAY 8th JANUARY 2026
Conference Session F
09:00–10:30 Session F1
Power & Representation Room 1 Session F2 Forgotten Histories Room 2 Session F3 Diplomatic encounters in China and Japan Room 3
Session F7
Creative Practice
The Lab
10:30–10.45 Coffee/Tea Break
10:45–12:15 Session G1 Music in Schools Room 1 Session G2 Music Analysis 2 Room 2
Session F4 Musical Fusions Room 4
Session F5 Music & Philosophy Room 5 Session F6 Rap and Representation Room 6
Session F8
Lecture Recital 3 Recital Hall
Conference Session G
Session G3 Non-Institutional Pedagogies Room 3
Session G4 Panel: Shakespeare and Music Room 4
Session G5 Archives Room 5
Session G6 Inclusive Music Education Room 6
RMA/BFE
Session G7
Jazz & Education Jazz Club
12.15–12.30 Group Photograph
12:30–13:45 Lunch (Informal jazz – Jazz Club)
13.45–15.00 Keynote by Owen Coggins: BFE nominee
Chair: Bradshaw Hall
15:00–15:15 Short Break
15:15–16:15
Session G8
Lecture Recital 5: Developments in Piano Writing Bradshaw Hall
RMA/BFE Student Conference 2026 – Draft Schedule Overview
Session H7
Second Poster Session
Outside Bradshaw Hall
Left to add:
RMA publications committee (1.45–3.45pm, closed meeting)
RMA council (11.30–1.30, closed meeting)
RMA student committee (seems to happen at random times) – at main conferences often at lunch